White House Schedule – August 28, 2013

In the afternoon, the President will deliver remarks at the Let Freedom Ring ceremony on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. The First Lady will also attend. The President’s remarks are open to pre-credentialed media.

Wednesday, August 28 2013 All Times ET

10:00 AM: The President and the Vice President receive the Presidential Daily Briefing in The Oval Office.

3:05 PM: The President delivers remarks at the Let Freedom Ring ceremony commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom In Front Of The Lincoln Memorial.

The Week Ahead:

Thursday: Attends meetings at the White House.

Friday: The President will welcome President Toomas Hendrik Ilves of Estonia, President Dalia Grybauskaite of Lithuania, and President Andris Berzins of Latvia to the White House.

This video of The President Speaking To Radio Personalities Tom Joyner & Sybil Wilkes was uploaded by TheObamaDiary.com, who dislikes other bloggers using their content. That said, the video is unviewable here on my blog so just click the “You Tube” icon located in the lower right hand corner of the screen below….that takes you directly to the video on the You Tube site, YouTube.com.

President Obama’s interview with Tom Joyner & Sybil Wilkes

What Day Is It?? It’s HuMp DaY!!

First Lady Michelle Obama Speaks at a Screening of “The Powerbroker”

August 27, 2013 | 10:12 |Public Domain

“The Powerbroker: Whitney Young’s Fight for Civil Rights,” a documentary narrated by Alfre Woodard, chronicles Whitney Young’s civil rights fight of the 1960’s that took him from segregated Kentucky to leader of the National Urban League. The First Lady graduated from the Whitney M. Young Magnet High School in Chicago, IL in 1981.

Press Briefing

50 Years Forward: Building Ladders of Opportunity

Published on Aug 27, 2013

Eric Holder, U.S. Attorney General, and Valerie Jarrett, Senior Advisor to President Obama, provide updates on early education, health care, community revitalization, and economic growth programs, among others at an event marking the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington. August 27, 2013.

Drag the time counter to the 46 minute mark to see the entire White House event.

Statement by the President

Jack Gilligan lived his life in service to his fellow Americans, especially those in his home state of Ohio and across the United States who were left out or left behind. During World War II, he earned a Silver Star for his bravery at Okinawa, and he never stopped serving his country—as a Congressman, where he helped enact historic legislation from the Voting Rights Act to Medicare and Medicaid, and then as governor of Ohio.

In addition to his many other accomplishments, Jack was the father of four extraordinary children, including our Secretary of Health and Human Services, Kathleen Sebelius. Kathleen followed in the high tradition of public service that Jack set, and they became the first father-daughter team of governors in American history. She always made her father proud, and I’m proud to have her on my team each and every day. Michelle and I extend our deepest condolences to Kathleen, the entire Gilligan family, and their many friends.